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5:34 AM.This week New Zealand is hosting the Apec CEO Summit at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. In normal times this event would have seen more than 40 panellists and keynote speakers - including human rights… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.A Northland Iwi leader says people are fed up with the region being targetted by anti-vax protesters, who yesterday disrupted the flow of freight and the vaccination effort. A police officer was… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To the UK, Nathan Rarere caught up with our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning - as we do most Wednesdays, across the Tasman where we are joined by First Up's cool Aunty in Australia, Pam Corkery. Audio

5:49 AM.The National Party would allow vaccinated and unvaccinated people to travel across the Auckland border once we hit 85 per cent fully vaccinated or by the 1st of December - whichever comes first… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Auckland will join Waikato at Alert level 3.2 from midnight tonight meaning shops, zoos, libraries and a number of other venues can open again with limits of the number of patrons and with mandatory… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.A Kiwi woman stuck in Brisbane after travelling there for medical treatment fears her pension will be cut if she doesn't make it home in the next few days. In ordinary circumstances pensions stop… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.An Auckland Bakery says it is up to fifty-thousand dollars out of pocket and not covered by insurance after Chelsea Sugar recalled three brands of brown sugar last week. The recall was issued after… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - the team focus is on what's trending for summer - it's an early list of the most popular pre-Christmas favourites, and a plastic shoe is high on the list. But first, TradeMe's… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.We're off to Japan now where the country has relaxed its quarantine period for people entering the country to just three days. It comes off the back of a dramatic fall in cases numbers since the… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Aucklanders will find out later today if they'll make the move down to alert level 3.2, which would mean retail can reopen and facilities like libraries, museums and zoos can welcome in the public… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.More than 200 Department of Corrections staff won't be going to work today because they are yet to have at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. A public health order issued last month requires all… Read more Audio

5:28 AM.If there was any weekend that suggested summer more than most, it was this past one.. but some parts of the country spent the weekend mopping up after last weekend's heavy rain. Nathan Rarere was… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Two of Aucklands most popular farmers markets will not be reopening this weekend, despite being allowed to under level 3.2. From tomorrow at 11.59pm, Auckland will be moving to step 2 of level 3 which… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.World leaders are heading in to the second week of the Climate Change Olympics - the COP26 conference in the Scottish City of Glasgow... Nathan Rarere was joined by our reporter in the UK Laura… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.The National party are calling for an overhaul of the MiQ system before Christmas, they've started a petition saying fully vaccinated travellers don't pose a risk to New Zealand and the borders should… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Civil Defence has declared a state of emergency across the whole Tairawhiti district due to heavy rain. More rain is forecast across the region today, Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz spoke with Nathan… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.It's been three weeks since Super Saturday when almost 130-thousand people rolled up their sleeves in the nationwide vaxxathon Tomorrow, with Counties Manukau teetering on 89 per cent first dose and… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.It's Guy Fawkes Day - the 5th of November, so it's completely appropriate to be talking with our own double happy, Glenn Forsyth Audio

5:14 AM.As Auckland is in it's 12th week of lockdown avid readers will now be able to 'click and collect' books thanks to a new scheme by Auckland libraries, you can also order a mystery stack of books hand… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.The Prime Minister's national tour to try and give vaccination rates a boost was hampered by small but very vocal protests of people opposed to getting the vaccine. Jacinda Ardern was forced to call… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.One of the stars of the show in the All Blacks game against Wales over the weekend was a man with Jarvo 69 emblazened on his black jersey standing with the players as they lined up for their national… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.In the USA the last couple of weeks have been the Sports Equinox, the time all four of the major sports are being played at the same time. Basketball and American football are early into their season… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.It's that time of the week when we like to catch up with the team of ace reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme. This morning we're in Whakatane with the LDR's Diane McCarthy. Diane's… Read more Audio